Erebus - Level 2: Erebus Dig Site

Erebus - Level 2: Erebus Dig Site is the second level of Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil. Grenades are available on this level, and the vulgar is introduced in a cutscene, additionally, the Z-Secs and trites also return. The player fights the first boss, Helltime Hunter, and receives the Hell Time power for the Artifact.

Summary
The marine continues progressing through Erebus complex. Quite early into this level the marine is confronted by the first Hell Hunter, the Helltime Hunter, who can move from one place to another at very fast speed. The marine uses his grabber to catch the energy balls fired by the two ancient sentry turrets located in the chamber and launch them at the Hunter. After he successfully hits it several times, it burns away and the marine acquires the first power for the Artifact - the ability to slow down time.

After defeating the Hunter, the marine has to go through an ancient machine with doors that repeatedly close at very high speeds by evading them using his newly acquired power. In the next room he acquires a power cell which he will need to use to power up the elevator that will lead him to level 3 of the complex. The marine enters a large chamber containing both the elevator and the control room on the second floor. The marine has to go first to a side room to find the PDA to give him access to the ladder leading to the second floor, then go there, power up the generator with the power cell and activate the lift via a control panel. After doing that, the marine returns to the lift and rides it to level 3.

Objectives

 * Call Main Elevator
 * Use a power cell to initialize the transfer elevator and then call it to this level.

Areas

 * Maintenance Elevator
 * Maintenance Supply
 * Access Tunnel
 * Ancient Ruins
 * Ancient Portal
 * Portal Junction
 * Ancient Machine
 * Tablet Site Beta
 * Excavation Access


 * Central Excavation
 * Excavation Control
 * Elevator Bay
 * Ventilation System
 * Elevator Maintenance
 * Lower Storage
 * Mechanical Support
 * Upper Storage
 * Transfer Control

Characters

 * R. George
 * Dr. Elizabeth McNeil (voice)
 * Malcolm Betruger (voice)

PDAs

 * Marcus Tanner. Found in Maintenance Supply.
 * Sean Weston. Found in Elevator Maintenance.
 * Gregory Martin. Found in Central Excavation.

Video disks

 * Ionized Plasma Levitator Briefing. Found in Maintenance Supply.

Enemies
The enemy count on Nightmare is the same as on Veteran. The only change in the enemy amount in BFG Edition is the removal of one vulgar on Marine skill level and above.

Items
The only difference in the item count in BFG Edition is the removal of two corpses (Artifact charges) from the map. There are four health stations on the level, each has 100 health in reserve.

Starting inventory
If the player starts the level via a console command, they will start with these items:

Locker codes
For the sources of the codes, see Doom 3 locker codes.
 * Storage locker #028 - Equipment: 516. Contains: security armor, bullets (small).
 * Storage locker #029 - Ammunition: 516. Contains: shells (small), clip (small), hand grenades.

Secrets

 * In Maintenance Elevator, there's a crate on the second floor with the first grenades the player can pickup. There is a machine gun clip hidden behind the crate.
 * In Tablet Site Beta a couple of armor shards are hidden on the top of a construction platform.
 * In Central Excavation, near the door to Excavation Control, there is a part where the fence is torn away. The player can go through there and access a hidden rock ledge beneath the floor and find an armor suit there.
 * In Elevator Bay, after the player fights off all the enemies, one of the elevator shafts will open slightly, revealing a ladder the player can climb. By climbing the ladder and going through a system of pipes, the player can access a locked room with PDA and a storage locker.
 * In Lower Storage there is a shell box on top of the two crates.
 * In Upper Storage one can pick up a crate with the grabber and use it to get up to the second floor for some supplies.

Trivia

 * Certain parts of this level are copied from the original game. For instance, the Maintenance Elevator area (the starting area) is very similar to the starting area from Caverns - Area 1. The Excavation Control area and the corridor near it are a copy of Lab Section 2 area from Site 3.
 * This level is divided into two parts on the Xbox version of the game: Erebus: Dig Site - Ancient Portal and Erebus: Dig Site - Processing.
 * It is possible to traverse the crushing machine without using the Helltime power from the Artifact. To do this, the player can jump onto the railings before the first crusher, then onto the nearby cable, then onto the overhead metal bar, then to the other overhead bar to the left. From there, the player can jump over the first set of crushers, and perform a similar manoeuvre to jump over the second set.
 * Although the vulgar is introduced properly during a cutscene, the player sees glimpses of them earlier. As the level begins, the elevator stalls and the player sees the telltale cyan spawning cloud, and then catches a glimpse of several vulgars walking away.
 * In Central Excavation, an imp is seen killing someone in a room overlooking the main area and throwing their body out of the window. This room is essentially a dead end with no way in or out of it. Curiously, the corpse cannot be used to charge the Artifact.